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Global Grant Proposal Form for Project G-3269 Last updated by Bruce Clemens <bruce.wayne.clemens@gmail.com> on 9-Jan-24 Project Title Save the Lake (Lake Atitlan) Type of Project [X] Humanitarian [ ] VTT [ ] Scholarship Primary Host Partner Information
Primary International Partner Information
Grant Host Committee
Grant International Committee
Do any of these committee members have potential conflict of interest? If so, please briefly explain. Bruce Clemens is the president of the board of the People’s Consultants (tPC). I receive NO remuneration for my work with tPC or with Agua del Pueblo (AdP). However, at times, tPC partially reimburses me for expenses related to our work. Again, I believe that Rotary, tPC, and AdP have a mutually synergistic marriage that far outweighs any potential conflict. Indeed, tPC has contributed to several RoCLA projects both financially and professionally. This includes the District Grant for the SunSprings in San Lucas, and three global grants Tell us a little about your project. What are the main objectives of the project, and who will benefit from it? The Problem Guatemala’s proximity, beauty, and need have attracted hundreds? of Rotary Water and Sanitation (WASH) projects. Rotary water projects focus on schools; community-wide projects, water, and wastewater treatment. Per Rotary International, one out of six people in the world do not have dependable safe drinking water and over 600,000 worldwide die from diarrhea each year. To help address this critical need, The Rotary Foundation has established water and sanitation as “one of our highest priorities.” (Brad Howard, Rotary International Director Feb 1, 2015). Several studies have highlighted project failures due to a lack of operation and maintenance. This project will address the problem The Project Deployment We have completed three Global Grants and two district grants to crank up our Save the Lake Program. Our next project will be in Tierra Santa, San Lucas Toliman. In 1960 an absentee landholder (finquero) purchase a portion of land from the “Finca” Santo Tomas. His goal was to start a profitable coffee producing finca. He named the finca Porvenir (the future) Porvenir was on the slopes of the Toliman Volcano. The finquero imported ten families from Chichicastenango to do the work. In the early 1970s when I lived in a nearby town, Porvenir was viewed as “almost” profitable. Fast forward to 2002 and Tropical Storm Hanna generated a large landside on the Toliman volcano. The landslide buried El Porvenir and all of the workers’ homes. The San Lucas Mission purchased near by land & moved families, christening the town “Tierra Santa”. Land tenure is of major political importance in Guatemala, especially in the coffee belt. In the words of one resident, the villagers had “died and gone to heaven”. They had their own land no loger subservient to an absentee landlord. Soom after the move, the town purchased a spring and, with the help of the government and the Mission, built a potable water project In 2005 the Hurricane Stan severely damaged the system. The town has grown and the water system further deteriorated. Water only comes a few days a week. Many families only have water at night, very few have water during the day due to the design of the distribution tank. The community and the Mission approached Agua del Pueblo (AdP) for help. AdP completed a feasibility study last year. Which area of focus will this project support?
Which goals of this area of focus will your project support? - How will you measure your project impact?
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Why did you choose to partner with this organization and what will its role be? - Partners (Optional) List any other partner that will participate in this project. - Volunteer Travelers (Optional) Provide name, email of traveler(s). - Describe this person's role in the project. - Rotarian Participants Describe the role that host Rotarians will have in this project. - Describe the role that international Rotarians will have in this project. - What is the budget for this grant?
Tell us about the funding you have secured for your project.
Humanitarian Projects - Project Planning Describe the community needs that your project will address. - How did your project team identify these needs. - How were members of the benefiting community involved in finding solutions. - How were community members involved in planning the project. - Humanitarian Projects - Project Implementation Summarize each step of your project's implementation.
Will you work in coordination with any related initiative in the community? If yes, briefly describe the other initiatives and how they relate to this project. If no, please explain. Are local initiatives not addressing these needs? Or, if they are, why did you decide not to work with them? - Please describe the training, community outreach, or educational programs this project will include. - How were these needs identified? - What incentives (for example, monetary compensation, awards, certification, or publicity), will you use, if any, to encourage community members to participate in the project? - List any community members or community groups that will oversee the continuation of the project after grant-funded activities conclude. - Budget Will you purchase budget items from local vendors? Explain the process you used to select vendors. - Did you use competitive bidding to select vendors? If no, please explain. - Please provide an operating and maintenance plan for the equipment or materials you purchased for this project. This plan should include who will operate and maintain the equipment and how they will be trained. - Describe how community members will maintain the equipment after grant-funded activities conclude. Will replacement parts be available? - If the grant will be used to purchase any equipment, will the equipment be culturally appropriate and conform to the community's technology standards? If yes, please explain. If no, describe how the project team will help community members adopt the technology. - After the project is completed, who will own the items purchased by grant funds? No items may be owned by a Rotary district, club, or member. - Funding Have you found a local funding source to sustain project outcomes for the long term? If yes, please describe this funding source. - Will any part of the project generate income for ongoing project funding? If yes, please explain. - Is your economic and community development activity a microcredit project? If yes, upload your microcredit supplement file. - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||